The fog of Sunday was bad enough to warn Londoners
of what may be in store for them, and we are happy to perceive that the " Fog and Smoke Committee," in connection with the National Health and Kyrie Society, is discussing means for the prevention of fog. At a meeting held on Wednesday week, many plans were proposed, the most prevalent idea being that a smokeless coal, recommended by Mr. Hale White, Assistant- Director of Contracts to the Admiralty, might be burned, if only certain alterations were made in kitcheners. Miss Octavia Hill stated that a new smokeless fuel had recently been patented, of which report spoke highly, but she did not know the price. Much testimony was given to the value of anthracite as a smokeless coal, and the ease with which it could be burnt under an impelled blast; but perhaps the most hopeful contribution to the discussion was Mr. G. N. Shore's. He said he had in operation " a simple and inexpensive arrangement, by means of which the smoke descended through the fire, and was burnt, the fire-bars being rotatory tubes, through which the air passed for the combustion. Any fuel could be med, and the economy was immense." Is that stove open P The Committee should not forget that the object is to destroy smoke in an open fire kept up by any kind of fuel. If by any invention we could send the smoke downwards, the end would be attained.
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